Decatur, at 7 o'clock in the night, enter. ed the harbour of Tripoli, boarded and took poffeffion of the Philadelphia.

This frigate at the time fhe was boarded had all her guns mounted and charged, and lying within half gun fhot of the ba fhaw's caftle, and off his principal battery. Two Tripolitan cruifers were lying with. in two cables length on the ftarboard quar ter, and feveral gun-boats within half gun fhot of the flarboard bow-and all the batteries on fhore were opened upon the af failants; about twenty men of the Phila delphia were killed, a large boat full got off, and one man was made prifoner.

After having gained poffeffion of the frigate, Lieutenant Decatur fet fire to her ftore rooms, gun room, cockpit and birth. deck, and with a firmnefs highly honorable to him, his officers and men, they remained on board until the flames had iffued from the ports of the gun-deck and the hatchways of the fpar-deck, and they continued in the ketch along fide the frigate until the fire had communicated to her rig. ging and tops.

Lieutenart Decatur did not lofe a man, and had but one flightly wounded. The following is a lift of the officers, and the number of men employed in the def truction of the Philadelphia.

Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, jun. James Lawrence, Jofeph Bainbridge, Jonathan Thorn, Lieutenants; Lewis Germin, Surgeon; Raiph Izard, John Bowie, Charles Morris, Alexander Laws, John Davis, Thomas M'Donough, Thomas Oakley Anderfon, Midshipmen; Mr. Salvader, Pilot; and 62 men.

L'eutenant Decatur has ftated that all his officers and men behaved with the greatest coolnets and intrepidity; and commodore Preble has informed me, that Lieutenant Stewart's conduct was judicious and meritorious.

Refpectfully fubmitted,

ROBERT SMITH.

November 19.-On motion of Mr. J. Clay; the houfe agreed to the refolution requesting the Prefident to make to Capt. S. Decatur a prefent of a fword, and the officers and crew of the ketch Intrepid two months pay, as an honorable teftimonial of the fenfe which Congress entertain of their fervices in deftroying the Tripoline frigate of 44 guns in the harbor of Tripoli.

Mr. Speaker laid before the houfe a letter from the Secretary of the Treafury, together with a report and eftimate of the appropriations neceffary for the year 1805, and a flatement of the receipts and expenditures of the current year down to the ift October.

IN SENATE,

November 19.-Mr. Tracy gave notice that he would on the following day, afk

The printing office of Mr. R. Davidfon, Warrenton, N. C. was larely def. troyed by fire, by defign--lofs 2000 dollars.-Alfo, the printing office of Hafwell & Smead, Bennington, Vermont -materials principally faved.

The following gentlemen have been admitted Attornies of the Supreme Court during the prefent November term, viz. Coe Gale, jun. Ever A Bancker, Daniel Tomlinfon, Henry H. Frey, Frederick Dibble, Stephen Hoyt, David Ruffel, Dibble, Stephen Hoyt, David Ruffel, William W. Brooks, James V. Schoonhoven, Samuel L. Luth, Alexander Wilfon, Matthew Cantine, Thomas I. Oakley. [New-York Paper.]

DON'T TELL ANY BODY.

By a gentleman arrived here yesterday, we are informed that Gun-Boat No. 2, has left the Dock at Washington. Her deltination is a profound cabinet fecret!!! To this we afcribe the cautious filence preferved on this important fubject by the official paper. Reports as to the fervice upon which he is to be employed are many and contradictory-Were we at liberty to advance a conjecture, we would fuppofe that he is to proceed to the fouthward for the purpose of towing her fifter out of the Cornfield.

[Norfolk Ledger.]

The

Chriftophe that they were concealed on board. Mr. Lynch the fupercargo, and Capt. Gibfon being on fhore, declared their ignorance of any perfons being concealed board. The commander in chief immediately difpatched a guard of foldiers on board the fhip, who tore up the deck over the heads of the unfortunate fugitives, and together with Mr. Tate, (he being the commanding officer then on board) forced them on fhore. On their landing upon the wharf, the unfortunate American law but too plainly the fate which awaited him, and addressed himtelf to his amazed countrymen, he exclaimed, "Americans! will you lee me thus dragged to execution like a dog, and no one tep forward to affert my innocence.”—

Yes," faid one, (a Mr. Smith, fupercargo of a veffel from Baltimore) "I will peak for you!"-inftantly a fentinel was ordered to run him through with his bayonet, but he efcaped by fpringing into his boat and inftantly pufhing off. The prifoners were then led up to the public fcales ! Mr. Tate and 2 Frenchmen had halters placed about their necks, mounted this temporary fcaffold, and were precipitately launched into eternity! The arms of the Frenchmen were pinioned, but those of Mr. Tate were left untied, and in his ftruggles he repeatedly caught hold of the cord by which he was fufpended, and entirely removed it from his throat, the cordpaffing round his chin and the back of his neck-in this manner he expired! As he mounted the ladder, he faid "Americans! Americans! I die this ignominious deathfor duly executing my orders !" The feelings of the Americans on this occafion may be more readily felt than described. [Charleston Courier.]

The following copy of a Bill was read a first and second time in the House of Representatives of the United States on the 228 ult. and ordered to a third reading on the morrow.

A BILL for the more effectual prefervation of peace in the ports and harbours of the United States, and in the waters under their jurifdi&ion.

Be it enacted, by the Senate and Houfe of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congrefs affembled, That whenfoever any treafon, felony, mifpriíon of treafon, or of felony, misdemeanor, breach of the peace, or of the revenue laws of the United States, fhall hereafter be committed within the jurifdiction of the United States, and the perfon committing the fame, fhall be on board of any foreign armed veffel, in any port or harbour of the United States, or in the waters within the jurifdi&tion of the United States, it fhall be the duty of any judge or juftice of any court of the United States, or any judge

or juftice of any flate court, or any mayor of a city, upon tatisfactory proof thereof to him made, to iffue his warrant fpecitying the nature of the offence, and directed to a fheriff or mar fhall, commanding him to take the body of the offender, and bring him before the faid judge or juftice, or other perfon as aforefaid, to be dealt with according to law. And if the officer, charged with the execution of the faid warrant, fhall deem the ordinary poffe comitatus infufficient to enfure the execution of the fame, he fhall apply to the faid judge or juftice, or other perfon authorifed as aforefaid, or to any of them, who fhall immediately iffue his order, directed to any officer having command of militia, or any officer having command of regular troops or of armed veffels of the United States, in the vicinity, requiring him to aid the faid fheriff or marfhall, with all the force under his command, or fuch part as may be neceffary, in executing the warrant aforefaid. And the faid marfhall or fheriff, conforming him felf in all things to the inftructions which he fhall receive from the Prefident of the United States, or from any other perfon authorifed by the Prefident, fhall firft demand the furrender of: the perfon charged with the offence; and if the delivery be not made, or if the ther iff or mar fhall be obftru&ted from making the demand, he shall ufe all the means in his power by force and arms to arreft the offender, and all others who are with him giving him aid and countenance, and he fhall convey the faid offender, and all others arrested as aforefaid and deliver them to the civil authority, to be dealt with according to law. And if death enfue on either fide, thofe who are concerned in fupport of the civil authority fhall be juftified, and thofe engaged in refifting fhall be punished as in cafes of homicide committed in refifting a civil officer. And if any commanding officer of militia, of regular troops, or armed veffels of the United States fhall retufe to obey the requifition fo made to him as aforefaid, he thall be fined a fum not exceeding dollars, and not lefs than

dollars,

to be recovered by indictment or information, in any court in the United States, having competent jurifdi&tion.

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Sect. 2. And in order to prevent to the authority of the laws, whereby the peace of the United States with foreign nations may be endangered, Be it further enacted, That it fhall be lawful for the Prefident of the United States either to permit or interdict at pleafure the entrance of the harbors and waters under the jurifdiction of the United States, to all armed veffels belonging to any foreign nation, and by force to repel and remove them from the fame, except when they fhall be forc. ed in by drftrefs, by the dangers of the fea, by being puriued by an enemy, or when

in thereafter he shall be liable to be arrested, and punished by fine and imprifonment, in any court in the United States

the offence with which he was originally charged, and alfo for having entered within the limits of the United States, after having been interdicted, and fhall likewife be tranfported to fuch parts beyond feas, as the court fhall determine, and fo often as he fhall be found within the limits of the United States, after having been interdicted as aforefaid.

Sect. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Prefident of the United States fhall be, and he is hereby authorised and required, to give as-foon as may be, after the paffage of this act, to the collectors of the refpective ports, and to fuch other perfons as he may think proper, the neceffary inftructions for carrying this at into effect, particularly marking out the line of conduct to be obferved by a fheriff or marfhall, and by the feveral colleftors in performing the duty enjoined by this act.

Sect. 6. And be it further enacted, That if any perfon fhall be fued for any thing done in purfuance of this act, he may plead the general iffue and give this act in evidence, any thing in any law, cuftom, or ufage, to the contrary notwithfianding.

Sect. 3. And be it further enacted, That whenfoever any armed vessel of a foreign nation, entering the harbors or wa ters within the jurifdi&tion of the United States, and required to depart therefrom by the collector of the diftrict, fhall fail to do fo, it fhall be lawful for the President of the United States to forbid by proclamation all intercoufe with fuch veffel, and with every armed veffel of the fame nation, and the officers and crew thereof; to prohibit all fupplies and aid frota being furnifhed them, and alfo to inftruct the colle&tor of the district, where fuch armed veffe! fhall be, and of any and every oth Gen. Turreau, Grand Officer of the er diftrict of the United States, to refufe Legion of Honor, appointed Minifter Plepermiffion to any vefle! belonging to the nipotentiary of his Majefty the Emperor fame nation, or to its citizens or fubjects,of the French, to the United States, was to make entry or unlade, fo long as the on the 231 inft. received in that characfaid armed veffel fhall remain in the har- ter by the Prefident. [Nat. Int.] bors or waters of the United States in de. fiance of the public authority. And if after publication of the faid proclamation, any perfop fhall, in contempt thereof, furnish any fupplies or aid to fuch armed veffel, or any other contrary to the prohibition contained in the faid proclamation, the perfon or perfons fo offending fhall forfeit and pay a fum not exceeding

dollars, to be recovered by in diament or information in any court in the United States having competent jurif diction, and fhall alfo be liable to be bound to their good behaviour.

Se&t. 4. And be it further enacted, That whenfoever any officer of an armed veffel commiffioned by any foreign power, fhall be guilty of any offence made punishable by this aft, or fhall on the high feas or elfewhere, have committed any tref. pafs on any citizen or veffel of the United States, fpoliation of their property, or vexation of trading veffels coming to or going from the United States, it fhall be lawful for the Prefident of the United States, on due proof of the facts, by proclamation, forever, to interdict the entrance of the faid officer within the limits of the

United States; and if he be found there.

The knell.

Wreath.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BALANCE.

LOVE has made many poets; and 1 have

heard it asserted that there never was a tolerable rhymester in the world, who had not been affected, in some degree, with the tender passion. The following lines, you will readily see, are the genuine and legitimate offspring of love. They were written, if I am rightly informed, by some youth resident in this state, to the object of his adoration. If you deem them worthy of preservation, you will by publishing them in the Balance, oblige your sincere and dear friend,

ADELINAFLIRTILLEO.

As many among the many,

Of fickle women kind,

Of all the rest I love you the best, I cannot change my mind.

My love to you is firm and true,
And ever shall abide :
I'm sore oppress'd, I cannot rest,
Until the marriage knot be tied.

Out of man's side God did provide,
Help mate of his own;
He did foresee 'twould not agree,
For man tole alone.

Flesh of his flesh, bone of his bone,
By Adam's bosom given,
By the name of Eve, she did receive,
The mother of all living.

Therefore my dove let's talk of love, Since Eve was made for Adam; I hope that thee was made for me, Your humble servant, Madam.

Diversity.

A FAITHFUL DOG.

THE following fact, which may be re. lied on, we deem worthy of prefervation: -A gentleman, coming into town from Claverack, a few days fince, obferved a great-coat lying in the road, on which was a little dog. Concluding that the coat had been accidentally dropped, he approached to pick it up, when the dog flew at him with the utmost fury, and would not permit him to touch it. Pleafed with this mark of the animal's faithfulness, the gentleman paffed on, and on arriving in

We copy the following defcription of a Sailing Carriage, from the United States' Gazette, published in July, 1790 :

"The carriage, in which Mr. Slater, who lately went over land with dispatches to the Eaft-Indies, traverled the Arabian deferts, went at the rate of twenty miles an hour, fo that it was fuppofed from Alexandria it would reach Boffora in a few days. It was conftructed with broad wheels, and impelled by fails in the fame manner as a fhip, and fo contrived, that it went as clofe to the wind as any cutter; and carried fwivels to guard against the wander. ing Arabs. When he first fet off in this machine, the wind was fair and moderate, and he was accompanied many miles by a confiderable number of perfons, mounted on camels and fleet horfes, whom curiofity attracted; but, in fome time the wind. trefhening the motion became lo rapid that they were obliged to give up the purfuit.

At Alexandria feveral ingenious mechanics have improved upon this orig. inal mode of progreffion, and it is faid that machines are now contriving which travel even with more expedition, and yet with perfe&t falety."

A CASE FOR THE GENTLEMEN OF THE LAW.

Will Webfler, of Stamford, fold as good a cup of ale, as ever mantled in a beer glafs. He was bred a baker, and, as is common in the country, he always fold bread; and it was as ufual for working people to call for a penny loaf as a penny worth of ale at his houfe.

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A man came one day for fix penny loaves-Webfter ferved him as he fat in the drinking room; and after they bad been delivered to him he faid, "Master Webfler, take one of your loves back, I'll have but five, and bring me a penny worth ale, that will make up the fixpence, all the fame The ale was know." brought him, and he gave a loaf for it, drank it and called for another, and another, and another, until he had exchanged the fix loaves for fix penny.worths of ale; then rifing up, faid, Mary must do with brown bread, which he believed would be quite as good for her health; and was deliberately marching off, when the landlord defired to be paid. "Paid! for

THE

MR. BURR.

HE late papers inform us, that Mr. Burr has recently dined with the prefident of the United States! There was a time when this fact would have claimed no particular notice. When Mr. Burr received from the democrats throughout the Fumion, an equal number of votes with Mr. Jefferson for the prefidency, it would not have been ftrange if the latter had given Lim an invitation to dinner-then it would haye been decorous and proper. But the cafe is now altered; and viewing the af lait in its very best light, it certainly wears a very bad appearance.

Mr. Burr is a good man or a bad man. He has been honeft and confiftent in his politicks, or he has not. If he is really a good man-if he has been honeft, uniform and confiftent, then has he been moft grofsly calumniated, by almost all the democratic party; for he has been charged with more crimes, both of a public and private nature, than any other eminent character in the United States. Mr. Jef. ferfon muft either believe or disbelieve thefe charges. If he difbelieves them, then he is aiding and fupporting preffes, which he believes are teeming with flander against the fecond magiftrate of the United States. If, on the contrary, he believes thefe charges-if he believes his preffes diffeminate nothing but truth, then has he invited to his table a man, whom he believes to be polluted with crimes:

hands clean to the He has once more

ilton has rendered his view of democrats. become the idol of republicans. Their preffes are again his advocates. He is the table companion of the prefident!

Mr. Jefferfon approves or difapproves of Mr. Burr's condu& refpe&ting the late unfortunate duel. If he approves of it, then did he a& confiftently in evincing his approbation by giving Mr. Burr a dinner. If he difapproves of it, then he must be bleffed with an uncommon fhare of hy-prefent. The bare fact is fufficient. Compocrify, to fhew Mr. Burr fuch apparent marks of respect.

At any rate, the whole affair reflects no credit on the prefident. The chief magiftrate of the nation is placed in a curious dilemma, when obliged to choose between two things equally difgraceful-when, to ufe a vulgar metaphor, "one foot is in the | mud, and t'other in the mire."

Whatever might have been Mr. Burr's political standing previous to the last election for prefident, it is an undeniable fact, that he had been finking in the eflimation of democrats, from that time, until that fatal duel was fought which deprived the world of its brighteft ornament: It is unnecessary to mention at this time, the mil. lions of charges that were made against him in the democratic prints, previous to the late election for governor of this state. They are fresh in the recollection of every reader. So low was he brought that it was declared in the leading Jeffersonian paper of this ftate, that "no honeft or refpectable man would vote for Burr for the of. fice of constable." Would you have tho't, reader, at that time, that any act could make atonement for Mr. Burr's apoftacy -could reconcile the differences between him and his old friends; and reftore him to their favor? Whatever you might have thought, it has fo happened. A single act has clofed the breaches in the reputation of Burr. The precious blood of Ham

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ment would weaken its effect upon any heart ever warmed with a fpark of human. ity or patriotifm.